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Optical Cable Corporation OCC
$18.24 +5.13% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $161.0M
Next earnings report: Dec 17, 2026
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Three things to know
- Over the past year the stock returned +90.2%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 75.1 percentage points.
- The shares trade at 62.7× trailing earnings, higher than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 150 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 46%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 37%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 47%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 27%
- Gross marginBottom 26%
- Operating marginBottom 48%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 7%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 9%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 24%
- Interest coverTop 50%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 45%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 28%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 45%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 29%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 18%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 28%
- 6-month returnTop 12%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 16%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 42%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 37%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 31%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 16%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 50%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 48%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 24%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 13.6% | 13.9% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 31.4% | 34.3% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -0.1% | 4.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -1.6% | 0.5% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 13.9% | 13.6% | ↑ | Top 46% |
| Gross margin | 34.3% | 31.4% | ↑ | Bottom 26% |
| Operating margin | 4.2% | -0.1% | ↑ | Bottom 48% |
| Net margin | 3.1% | -1.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 0.5% | -1.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 9.8% | — | Top 27% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 1.9% | — | Bottom 37% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.37×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 3.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -6.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.53×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +5.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +4.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 9, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 1
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +5.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +14.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 7
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | +5.0% | +0.0% | -10.4% | — | — |
| Jun 8, 2026 | — | +54.5% | +86.3% | +22.1% | +6.7% |
| Mar 10, 2026 | — | +30.6% | +20.1% | +59.6% | +129.5% |
| Dec 18, 2025 | — | -34.4% | -46.8% | -48.0% | -20.3% |
| Sep 11, 2025 | — | +36.3% | +33.9% | +56.8% | +29.3% |
| Jun 5, 2025 | — | -13.9% | -17.1% | +13.9% | +100.9% |
| Mar 10, 2025 | — | -14.5% | -16.0% | -35.0% | -26.9% |
| Dec 23, 2024 | — | +58.1% | +84.3% | +172.4% | +71.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.20 | +5.0% | $24.3M |
| Jun 8, 2026 | $0.12 | — | — | $22.2M |
| Mar 10, 2026 | -$0.05 | — | — | $16.4M |
| Dec 18, 2025 | $0.01 | — | — | $19.8M |
| Sep 11, 2025 | $0.04 | — | — | $19.9M |
| Jun 5, 2025 | -$0.09 | — | — | $17.5M |
| Mar 10, 2025 | -$0.14 | — | — | $15.7M |
| Dec 23, 2024 | $0.05 | — | — | $19.5M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 62.7× | 7.4× | 90th | Top 45% |
| P/E (forward) | 37.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 40.3× | — | — | Bottom 45% |
| EV / Sales | 2.08× | — | — | Top 29% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 0.27% | — | — | Bottom 28% |
| Earnings yield | 1.59% | — | — | Top 45% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.2× – 162.8× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 5
- Days above the 200-day average
- 150
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +6.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +24.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +60.6%
- RSI (14)
- 71.2
- Relative volume
- 0.81×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 90.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 66th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.40
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.17
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -32.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -61.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 2021 | Dec 3, 2024 | -68.5% | 738 days | 183 days (Aug 28, 2025) |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Jan 9, 2026 | -61.1% | 63 days | 62 days (Apr 10, 2026) |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | -54.4% | 66 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 5, 2020 | Dec 21, 2020 | -32.5% | 54 days | 37 days (Feb 16, 2021) |
| Apr 23, 2026 | Apr 29, 2026 | -29.2% | 4 days | 11 days (May 14, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $161.0M
- P/E (TTM)
- 62.7
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.29
- Revenue (TTM)
- $82.8M
- 52-week range
- $4.02 – $27.98
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $59.1M | $69.1M | $72.2M | $66.7M | $73.0M |
| Gross profit | $16.3M | $20.5M | $22.3M | $18.2M | $22.6M |
| Operating income | -$2.0M | $473,000 | $993,079 | -$3.4M | -$424,000 |
| Net income | $6.6M | -$347,000 | $2.1M | -$4.2M | -$1.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.87 | -$0.05 | $0.26 | -$0.54 | -$0.18 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $19.5M | $15.7M | $17.5M | $19.9M | $19.8M | $16.4M | $22.2M | $24.3M |
| Net income | $373,462 | -$1.1M | -$697,922 | $301,886 | $48,613 | -$397,529 | $1.1M | $1.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.05 | -$0.14 | -$0.09 | $0.04 | $0.01 | -$0.04 | $0.12 | $0.21 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.1M | -$1.6M | -$395,676 | -$857,024 | $1.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$192,867 | -$302,599 | -$522,843 | -$371,451 | -$295,537 |
| Free cash flow | $1.9M | -$1.9M | -$918,519 | -$1.2M | $1.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$111,141 | -$115,852 | -$112,951 | $1.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $297,193
- Total assets
- $44.9M
- Total liabilities
- $20.6M
- Total debt
- $11.1M
- Net debt
- $10.8M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $24.3M
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 9, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2015 | $0.02 | Nov 20, 2015 |
| Jul 27, 2015 | $0.02 | Aug 14, 2015 |
| Apr 24, 2015 | $0.02 | May 15, 2015 |
| Jan 23, 2015 | $0.02 | Feb 16, 2015 |
| Oct 27, 2014 | $0.02 | Nov 14, 2014 |
| Jul 25, 2014 | $0.02 | Aug 15, 2014 |
| Apr 24, 2014 | $0.02 | May 15, 2014 |
| Jan 24, 2014 | $0.02 | Feb 14, 2014 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 672,022
- Days to cover
- 1.80
- Change vs previous report
- +9.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 31, 2002
- 1-for-8
- Sep 29, 2000
- 3-for-2
- Jun 24, 1996
- 2-for-1